Straw-stacker



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. M; HEINEOKE. STRAW STAGKER.

No. 33.234. Patented May 17,1887.

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STRAW STAGKER. No. 363,284. Patented May 1 7, 1887;

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STRAW. STA'OKBR.

No. 363,234. Patented May 17, 1337.

lhvrrnn Srarns PATENT rrrcnt MARTIN I-IEINEGKE, OF OARLINVILLE, ILLINOIS.

ST RAW-STACKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 363,234, dated May- 17, 1887.

Application filed February 10, 1887. Serial No. 227,169.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARTIN HEINEOKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Oarlinville, in the county of Macoupin and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straw Stackers and Carriers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in straw stackers and carriers; and it consists, first, in constructing the frame of the truck in sections, whereby the front portions thereof may be raised, so as to permit the front wheels of the running-gear to readily turn; second, in the details of constructing the turntable, as hereinafter set forth, and providing the same with a tripping device whereby the oscillating motion of the table is readily and wlth certainty maintained; third, in improyed means for raising and lowering the carrier, as set forth; and, lastly, in the various detalls of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter set forth, whereby a device easily operated, simple in construction, and economical and durable in character is made, all of which is fully illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side view of a straw stacker and carrier embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a vertical longitudinal sectional view on line m as, Fig. 3. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the tripping device and mechanism for operating the turn-table. Fig. 4 represents a sectional view on line 9/ Fi 3. Fig. 5 represents a bottom view of a portion of the turn-table, showing toothed wheels and rings having pins for operating the tripper. Fig. (i represents a detall view of mechanism for operating the carrier.

Similar letters in the drawings refer to like parts.

The letter A represents the truck of the de- Vice suitably mounted on running-gears, and is composed of sectional parts A A, one of which is higher than the other and securely fastened thereto. Suitably journaled in opposite sides of the section A of the truck A is the shaft B, having mounted thereon the (No model.)

' et-wheel, O O.

The letters 0 and 0 represent shafts running parallel to the shaft 0, having bearings secured to the section A of the truck A, and having sprocket-wheels O O on the outer ends thereof. The sprocket-wheels C O" are properly connected to the sprocket-wheels O O by chains, so as to receive motion therefrom; but instead of these sprocket-whcels meshing gearwheels may be used.

Mounted looselyon the shafts O and C are gear-wheels (1 G which mesh with the toothed rim or wheel E of the turn-table. The letters D Drepresent clutches mounted on the shafts O and 0 so as to rotate therewith and slide thereon, and are connected by an arm-plate, D, having atits ends fingers which embrace the said clutches. These clutches are so arranged that only one can be in engagement with a wheel, 0 at one time, and when the device is not in operation both wheels may be free from the clutches. D is a turn table, suitably mounted on the section A of thetruck A, and is formed of spokes E and a hub, E, and is provided on its under face with a toothed rim, E

The letter E, as shownin Fig. 2, represents supports, preferably of metal, having their lower ends secured to the section A of the .truck A, and provided on their inner faces with projections, forming shoulders E, on which the outer edge of said rim E rests. The upper end of each of these supports is bent inwardly, as at 0, .over the face of the rim of the turn-table, and thereby serving to keep the said turn-table in proper position during its oscillations.

On the under portion of the turn-table are curved or circular pieces or plates F F, having perforations F therein. The plates F F are arranged in concentric circles, and the pen forations are adapted to contain pins F for a purpose hereinafter to be explained.

A tripper, G, consisting of a plate having ICO pins or studs G projecting therefrom, is pivoted to a portion of the frame of the truck A, and connected to the tripper is a crank-arm, G (see Fig. 4,) having its other end pivoted to a rod, H, loosely connected to the plate D by means of an arm, D of said plate, the said arm D having an eye through which the said rod is passed, the rod having adjustable nuts H on either side of the arm D, so as to limit the movement of said rod and thereby the arm. I

The letter J represents a spring secured to the rod J, the said rod having its upper end secured to the pivotal connection of the crankarm G2 and the rod H, the lower end of said arm having a cross-bar and being guided in a bracket, J the said spring being between said cross-bar and upper end of the bracket J, as shown in Fig. 4.

K is a bevel-wheel gearing, with a bevelwheel, K, on a vertical shaft, K, which shaft is journaled in hearings in the frame of the truck and passes through the center of .the turn-table, the latter oscillating thereon. On the upper end of shaft K is a bevel-wheel, K gearing with another bevel-wheel on shaft L, the latter shaft being journaled on one end in the frame of the elevating mechanism and on the other on the turn-table, and having at its outer end a sprocket-wheel, L, which is connected by a chain to a double sprocketwheel, L, the latter journaled on the elevating-frame. A chain, L connects the wheel L to another sprocket-wheel, L the latter being mounted on a shaft actuating the strawcarrier.

On the turn-table D is secured a frame, M, consisting of bars suitably secured together, as shown.

M represents slanting or inclined bars having secured to their upper sides and at asmall distance therefrom metallic bars M", forming ways M Secured to the upper ends of the bars M are iron bands or binding-pieces M having pulleys M therein. 4 e

Nis a shaft journaled in bracket-arms N, secured to the frame M. v

The letters P P denote arms pivoted or hinged to a rod, P, which latter is secured at its ends to sides P operating in the ways M To the slides P are attached chains or cords, which pass over the pulleys M and are secured to the shaft N, the said shaft having'a crank-arm, N, for operating the same, and thereby raising or lowering the said arms P P. The carrierQis composed of sections hinged together, and carries an endless apron or other suitable device for carrying the straw, all of which is old and well known. The said carrier is pivotally connected at or about the center of the sides thereof to the arm P, and it is also pivotally connected at its lower end to the arms Q, which latter are pivotally secured to the inclined arms M of'the frame M.

At the end of the carrier to which the arms Q are pivoted are attached cords S, connected to a shaft, Q, mounted on the lower end of the inclined arms M, the said shaft Q? having a crank-arm by means of whichthe carrier when raised may be readily tilted forward and the front end lowered, as desired.

A rest, R, having its lower ends keyed or mortised to the axle of the. running-gear, is firmly bolted to the truck A, the said rest being of use in sustaining one end of the carrier when the same is not in use.

The operation of the device is simple,and is as follows: Rotary motion having been imparted to the shaft B bymeans of the wheel Bi,-

and thence by means of worm B wheel B shaft 0, sprocket-wheels O and 0* to the shaft 0 and one of the wheels 0 the turn table is moved in one direction until the pin F of one of the plates F comes in contact with one of the studs of the tripper G, which causes the tripper to oscillate, thereby actuating, by means of the crank-arm G, rod H, and the arm D the arm-plate D and thereby releasing the clutch on one of the shafts and throwing the other clutch on the other shaft into engagement with its wheel, whereby the motion of the turn-table is reversed. The spring J, which is compressed during the first portion of the movement of the arm-plate D, aids in effecting the engagement of the clutch as soon as the tripper G carries the crank-arm beyond the vertical portion or dead-center of said spring, so as to release the same, thereby permitting it to exert its power in connection with the crank-arms.

' The clutch being shifted, the motion of the turn-table is reversed, as is readily seen, the wheel 0 not in engagement with its clutch, running free upon its shaft. The operation of raising and lowering the carrieris readily understood from the description already given, and is as follows: The carrier being in position and formed'of sections, as shown in Fig. 1, the same is raised by turning the crank-arm N and thereby, by means of the chains or ropes attached to the shaft N and the slides P, which ride upward on the ways M the arms P P are raised, thereby lifting the forward end of the carrier, the rear end, Q, remaining stationary, owing to the chains or ropes S. If desired to tilt the carrier forward,the shaft Q is operated by means of the crank-handle Q whereby the chain or rope S is wound on its shaft, so that both the carrier is lowered and is tilted backward to be in proper position for carriage.

What I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is as follows:

1. In a straw-stacker having a carrier, in combination with the frame M, having theinclined arms M, the arms P, pivoted to said carrier and to slides P, operating in ways M means, substantially as described, for raising and lowering said slides, and thereby the carrier and the chain S to the end of said carrier, and to a shaft mounted on the lower end of inclined arms M, all of said parts combined substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a straw stacker and carrier, the combination,with the truck A, having the section A and the turn-table D, mounted thereon, consisting of the spokes E, hub E, and toothed rim E, of the perforated plates F F, having pins F said plates fastened to the spokes and arranged in concentric circles thereon, as shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination of the turn-table D, having toothed rim E, and plates F F, having pins Fflwith wheels 0 gearing with said rim E and clutches D, the connecting clutch-arm D the tripper G, with studs G, and mechanism, substantially as described, intermediate of and connected to said tripper and clutch-arm for shifting said clutch-arm and reversing themotion of said turn-table, all substantially as described.

4. The turntable D, having rim E and plates F F,witl1 pins F, in combination with wheels 0 C on shafts C (3, means, substantially as described, for rotating said shafts C G in one direction, a tripper locatedin apath between said plates F F, and a clutch mechanism, substantially as described, actuated by said tripper for alternately engaging and disengaging said wheels 0 G from rigid connec-.

tion with said shafts 0 0 all substantially as described.

5. The turn-table D, having toothed rim E and plates F F, with means, substantially as described, secured thereto to actuate a tripping mechanism, in combination with the tripper G, having studs G, the crank-arm G, the pivoted rod H, the clutch-arm D, having arm D the shafts O 0 the clutches D D, and gear-wheels (3 0 mounted on said shafts 0 0 as described, and mechanism, substantially as described, for rotating the said shafts C G in one direction, all substantially as and for the. purpose set forth.

6. In a straw stacker and carrier, the combination of the shaft B, having band-pulley B thereon, the worm B, mounted on said shaft B, the counter-shaft G, carrying worm-wheel B meshing with the worm B and wheels 0 O, the shafts 0 0 parallel to shaft 0, and having wheels 0* thereon, receiving motion from the said wheels 0 O, the wheels 0 loosely mounted on the shafts U and O and means, substantially as described,whereby but one of said wheels 0* is rotated with either of said shafts O 0, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a straw stacker and carrier, the frame M, with shaft N, mounted on the turn-table, in combination with the inclined bar M, the metallic bar M forming,with the bar M, the ways M the bands M, with pulleys M the carrier Q, having pivoted arms P, with slides P cords or chains connected to said slides P and shaft N, and passing over pulleys M all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In a straw stacker and carrier, the carrier Q, having pivoted arms P, with slides P, the frame M, with inclined bars M M forming ways M means, substantially as described, for raising said slides P in ways M and cords or chains S, attached to the end of the carrier Q and to shaft Q, all combined and operating substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN HEINEOKE.

Witnesses:

Gno. O. PoUL'roN, J ULIUS SOLGER. 

